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Health & Safety Training
Almost every major employer today is confronted with a virtual maze of health and safety regulations. To help your business deal with these regulations, NCCC offers a wide range of classes. These classes, along with numerous other safety related training classes, are scheduled at our Lockport Training Center or can be conveniently scheduled at your facility.
STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINING FACILITY
The NCCC Department of Corporate Training, one of the first in the nation, provides safety training for employers, employees, safety officers, union representatives, and government officials.In addition to the high quality of our classroom instruction, the Center houses a state-of-the-art training laboratory to give you a comprehensive and practical understanding of today's OSHA regulations. The laboratory includes equipment setups which duplicate the workplace environment. This is necessary in order to achieve OSHA compliance and maintain a safe work environment.
CLOSE TO NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO & TORONTO
The NCCC Department of Corporate Training is located in historic Lockport, just minutes away from Niagara Falls and Buffalo and less than two hours drive from Toronto. With training courses scheduled during the daytime, you'll have plenty of time after class to tour the Falls, take in a professional football, hockey, lacrosse, or baseball game, or enjoy an evening dinner and theatre in Toronto. In this area there's always a festival or special event happening somewhere nearby.
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30-HOUR OSHA CONSTRUCTION OUTREACH TRAINING
This 30-hour outreach course is the most comprehensive of the outreach courses developed by OSHA. This program provides thorough coverage of the majority of the OSHA Construction standards. The focus of the program is to provide students with the knowledge of the standard so that they can help ensure compliance with the regulations and worker safety. The program emphasizes practical application of the standards in real world conditions. Our extensive safety lab provides attendees with hands on experience. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive an OSHA Construction Safety 30-hour Course Completion Card.
NOTE: Participants should bring 29 CFR 1926 book.
30-HOUR OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY OUTREACH TRAINING
This 30-hour outreach course is the most comprehensive of the outreach courses developed by OSHA. This program provides thorough coverage of the majority of the OSHA General Industry standards. The focus of the program is to provide students with the knowledge of the standard so that they can help ensure compliance with the regulations and worker safety. The program emphasizes practical application of the standards in real world conditions. Our extensive safety lab provides attendees with hands on experience. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive an OSHA General Industry Safety 30-hour Course Completion Card.
NOTE: Participants should bring 29 CFR 1910 book.
10-HOUR CONSTRUCTION OUTREACH TRAINING
This 10 hour program is intended to provide a variety of instruction on construction industry safety and health standards to entry level workers. The class is designed to have the workers identify the hazards associated with the work they do and then identify the controls which they can apply to eliminate those hazards or minimize exposure. The goal is to increase awareness of the dangers they encounter on a daily basis and develop options which they can use to control these, while working safely and still efficiently. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive an OSHA Construction Safety 10-Hour Course Completion Card.
Topics Covered Include:
- Introduction to OSHA
- OSH Act/ General Duty Clause
- Subpart C (General Safety & Health Provisions, Competent Person)
- Subpart K (Electrical)
- Subpart M (Fall Protection)
- Subpart E (Personal Protective Equipment)
- Subpart L (Scaffolds)
- Subpart P (Excavations)
- Subpart H (Materials Handling, Storage, Use and Disposal)
NOTE: Participants should bring 29 CFR 1926 book.
10-HOUR GENERAL INDUSTRY OUTREACH TRAINING
This 10 hour program is intended to provide a variety of instruction on general industry safety and health standards to entry level workers. The class is designed to have the workers identify the hazards associated with the work they do and then identify the controls which they can apply to eliminate those hazards or minimize exposure. The goal is to increase awareness of the dangers they encounter on a daily basis and develop options which they can use to control these, while working safely and still efficiently. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive an OSHA Construction Safety 10-Hour Course Completion Card.
Topics Covered Include:
- Introduction to OSHA
- OSH Act/ General Duty Clause
- Inspections
- Citations & Penalties
- Subpart D (Walking & Working Surfaces)
- Subpart E & L (Means of Egress)
- Subpart S (Electrical)
- Subpart I (Personal Protective Equipment)
- Subpart Z (Hazard Communication, Introduction to Industrial Hygiene/Bloodborne Pathogens, and/or Ergonomics)
NOTE: Participants should bring 29 CFR 1910 book.
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION (4-HOUR CLASS)
When an accident occurs, it is important that it be investigated thoroughly. The results of a comprehensive accident report can help safety and health professionals pinpoint the cause of an accident. This course is designed to give students information to be used to prevent future accidents. Topics covered include: when and what to investigate, who should investigate, conducting the investigation, interviewing witnesses, and reporting accidents.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AWARENESS (4-HOUR CLASS)
OSHA requires a minimum of eight (8) hours of refresher instruction for employees that are members of Emergency Response Teams for their companies. This class provides the training to proactively handle an incident involving hazardous materials. Emphasis is placed on using the proper personal protective equipment as well as techniques for containing, clean up and disposal of the hazardous materials. Also included with his class is a hands-on drill. This class meets the OSHA regulatory requirements under 29 CFR 1910.120 (q) (6) (iii).
Course topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
- Health effects
- Air monitoring instrumentation
- Termination procedures
- Incident command systems
- Decontamination
- Control/containment/confinement operations
- Chemistry
- PPE (dermal & respiratory)
- Regulations
- Hazard & risk assessment
ERGONOMICS (4-HOUR CLASS)
This course is designed to help individuals recognize how their anatomy was designed to move correctly and lift properly. The focus is on the individual and the life style choices a person makes and how that affects physical health and strength. This course provides information to help individuals make good, healthy decisions and can be tailored to your company's specific needs. This class is highly interactive and gives participants a chance to experience what they learn as well as being given visual aides through powerpoint or overhead slides.
For class availability, contact Barbara Michel, NCCC Office of Corporate Training.
COMPUTER TRAINING FOR THE SAFETY PROFESSIONAL (8-HOUR CLASS)
This course is designed to give safety and environmental professionals the computer skills in both Excel and Access necessary to construct databases and spreadsheets specific to job functions in recording safety data. MSDS databases and spreadsheets will be covered and constructed in our hands-on computer lab.
Prerequisite: Participants must have completed both Introductory Excel and Introductory Access computer classes.
For class availability, contact Barbara Michel, NCCC Office of Corporate Training.
CONFINED SPACE ENTRANT / ATTENDANT (8-HOUR CLASS)
This course is designed to instruct the participants in the recognition and control of hazards that are associated with Permit Required Confined Spaces. The course focuses on the specific requirements 29 CFR 1910.146 (a) through (k); it does not cover rescue procedures that require rescuers to enter the confined space. This course covers identification of confined spaces, identification and hazards associated with permit required confined spaces, permit required confined space entry procedures and hazard control measures, PPE for permit required confined space entries, basic atmospheric testing and evaluation, and non-entry rescue techniques. This course covers proper documentation of permit required confined space entries using confined space entry permits. Also covered are the roles and responsibilities of the Attendant, Entrant(s), and the Entry Supervisor. A hands-on session involving the trainees participating in a simulated Permit Required Confined Space entry is the final component of the course; this allows the trainees to practice the learned classroom skills under the supervision of the instructor and reinforces the information presented.
NOTE: Participants must bring their most recent copy of 29 CFR 1910.
CONFINED SPACE RESCUE (8-HOUR CLASS)
This course is designed to instruct the participants in the techniques of entry rescue to a permit required confined space to retrieve an injured and/or incapacitated co-worker. The above Permit Required Confined Space Entry Training is a prerequisite. It is also strongly recommended that participants have working familiarity with the technique of placing an incapacitated victim on a backboard or Stokes basket, First Aid, and CPR. (These are required by 29 CFR 1910.146 (k)). Participants should also be capable of wearing and using a SCBA. This course requires a hands-on demonstration of the ability to successfully retrieve a mannequin (or fellow student) from a simulated (or properly inerted) Permit Required Confined Space. Instruction includes: evaluation of the confined space to determine the hazard that caused the injury or incapacitation, hazard control measures, use of monitoring equipment to determine the level of atmospheric contaminant present, rescue strategies, and the use of rescue and retrieval equipment.
NOTE: Participants should bring 29 CFR 1926 book.
Prerequisite: Participants must have completed the Permit Required Confined Space Entrant/ Attendant class.
CONFINED SPACE REFRESHER (8-HOUR CLASS)
This course is designed to allow participants to recognize confined spaces as defined in 29 CFR 1910.146 (b) and evaluate the hazards present in the confined space to determine if it is a permit required confined space. Basic permit required confined space entry program element requirements are also presented. Refresher training also includes an update of regulatory requirements (if any exist), a review of hazard control measures, and roles of attendants, entrants, and entry supervisors.
NOTE: Participants should bring 29 CFR 1926 book.
Prerequisite: Participants must have completed the Permit Required Confined Space Entrant/ Attendant class.
NFPA 70E (6-HOUR CLASS)
This course is intended for employees who face a risk of electrical hazard from work they perform on equipment and circuits that are not totally de-energized. If lock out is not an option under 1910.333(a)(1) they also need to understand the electrical hazards present and how to incorporate safe work practices into the work they perform. This is not an NEC course, which describes acceptable electrical insulations, but rather a course to address current safe electrical work practices and how to incorporate the new NFPA 70 E requirements into your workplace.
Topics to be covered will include:
- Identify electrical hazards and classify them to potential risk
- Apply techniques and procedures for safe work practices based on the risk.
- Electrical safety principles and hazard prevention
- Proper lock out tag out and OSHA 1910.147
- Proper grounding and OSHA 1910.269
- NFPA 70E And the OSHA Standards found in 29 CFR 1910.331- 335
- Effects of electric shock
Management of Live Electrical work will include:
- Site evaluation and pre-job meeting
- Electrical safety controls
- Electrical protective devices. Subpart I OSHA 1910.137
- Safety and approach boundaries for qualified and unqualified employees.
- Effects of arc blast and flash
- Calculating fault current and incident energy using the NFPA 70 E document
- Selecting flash protection PPE based on incident energy
- Selecting PPE using risk analysis in NFPA 70 e Part 2 for motor control center
- Selecting PPE using the appendixes in NFPA 70 e Part 2, 2000
Students are asked to bring (if they have one):
- The OSHA 29 CFR 1910 General Industry Standard
- The NFPA 70 E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
- And any meters or electrical protective devices they normally use in the workplace while working on live electrical circuits above 50 volts, or current written work practices as they relate to electrical safe work practices.
For more information, please contact Niagara County Community College Department of Corporate Training at (716)433-1856.
EMERGENCY PLANNING (4-HOUR CLASS)
This course is designed to give students information needed to develop an Emergency Response plan in accordance with OSHA exit route regulations. Topics covered include: how to develop an ER plan for your facility, elements of an ER plan, and presenting an ER plan. Fire, explosions, chemical release, hazardous weather, and interruption of utilities will be discussed.
For class availability, contact Barbara Michel, NCCC Office of Corporate Training.
EMPLOYEE SAFETY AWARENESS IN WORKZONES (4-HOUR CLASS)
This 4-hour NY State course will inform the participants of the flagging procedures and associated M&PT concerns. Topics covered include an awareness of: reasons to use flagging, Legal Authority - NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 1102, driver characteristics, safety concerns, signaling devices - stop/slow paddle, flags, lighted wand, supplemental devices, flagging procedures, and night flagging procedures.
For class availability, contact Barbara Michel, NCCC Office of Corporate Training.
FALL PROTECTION REFRESHER (8-HOUR CLASS)
This course is intended for those individuals using or erecting fall protection systems including guardrails and personal fall arrest systems. This overview will help identify those fall hazards in the workplace and to properly utilize the equipment necessary to eliminate exposure.
FALL PROTECTION (16 HOUR CLASS)
This course provides an overview of state-of-the-art technology for fall protection and current OSHA requirements. Topics covered include the principles of fall protection, the components of fall arrest systems, the limitations of fall arrest equipment, and OSHA policies regarding fall protection. Course features hands-on exercise demonstrating fall protection equipment.
NOTE: Participants should bring 29 CFR 1926 book.
HAZARD AWARENESS (4-HOUR CLASS)
This course is designed to train the student in the proper awareness and protection techniques of hazards in the workplace. Topics include, but are not limited to: ergonomic hazards, mechanical hazards, lifting hazards, electrical hazards, and fire hazards. Students will gain the knowledge of potential hazards in the workplace and what protective/preventative action can be taken.
For class availability, contact Barbara Michel, NCCC Office of Corporate Training.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION (24-HOUR CLASS)
This course covers the requirements for the establishment, maintenance, and monitoring of a respirator program. Topics include terminology, OSHA and ANSI standards, NIOSH certifications, and medical evaluation recommendations. Course highlights include laboratories on respiratory and support equipment for hands-on training.
NOTE: Participants must bring their most recent copy of 29 CFR 1910.
NOTE: Participation in the qualitative fit testing laboratory requires a medical approval to wear a half-mask air-purifying respirator.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION / PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) OVERVIEW (8-HOUR CLASS)
This shortened class covers an awareness of the requirements for the establishment , maintenance, and monitoring of a respirator program. In addition, an overview of proper personal protective equipment is covered - types, selection, and identification of PPE. Topics include terminology, OSHA and ANSI standards, NIOSH certifications, and medical evaluation recommendations. Course highlights include laboratories on respiratory and personal protective equipment for hands-on training.
NOTE: Participants must bring their most recent copy of 29 CFR 1910.
NOTE: Participation in the qualitative fit testing laboratory requires a medical approval to wear a half-mask air-purifying respirator.
For class availability, contact Barbara Michel, NCCC Office of Corporate Training.
TRAFFIC CONTROL (8-HOUR CLASS)
The 8 hour Traffic Control - NY State course will inform the participants of the flagging procedures and associated M&PT concerns. Topics covered include: reasons to use flagging, Legal Authority - NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law Section 1102, driver characteristics, safety concerns, signaling devices - stop/slow paddle, flags, lighted wand, supplemental devices, flagging procedures, night flagging, breaks & relief, accidents & injuries, and signs & related equipment.
For class availability, contact Barbara Michel, NCCC Office of Corporate Training.